1. Unit 7: The Cold War and Beyond Brian Gottlieb, Alex Hong, Donald Pisechko, Shamus Heaney, Pierce Low

2. (66)Comparing the League of Nations and United Nations League of Nations Created after WW1 in order to prevent another major war FAILED! Because LON was not powerful - US and USSR weren’t members! United Nations World Peace Keeping body created to try and prevent nations from going to war Successful because Members included U.S., U.S.S.R., GB, China, and France

3. (67) What were the problems common to the newly-independent countries after WW2 They had to deal with being under Soviet control Being blocked off from the west Economically weakened because of WW2 Postwar unemployment Lack of food

4. (Q68) What was the Cold War? The state of diplomatic hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.

5. (Q69) What was the Iron Curtain? Formed the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into 2 separate areas from the end of WWII in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. -The term symbolized efforts by the USSR to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the west and non-Soviet centralized areas. Satellites were: Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Yugoslavia

6. (Q70) Give an example of Soviet repression during the Cold War. The Great Purge or the Great Terror (Russian: Большо́й терро́р) was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union which occurred from 1936 to 1938. Stalin’s campaign of terror to eliminate anyone who threatened his power

7. (Q71) Provide 3 examples of conflicts during the cold war? Example 1: Korean War Example 2: Vietnam War Example 3: Cuban Missile Crisis

8. (Q72) What is NATO? NATO was a Mutual Defense pact that was set up between western nations in 1949.

9. (Q73) What is the WARSAW Pact? The WARSAW Pact was a Defense Pact Between The USSR and Eastern European Nations in 1955.

10. (Q74) What Cold War conflict contributed to the downfall of the USSR. The war in Afghanistan Lasted from December 25, 1979 – February 15, 1989 Economic Problems that stemmed from this war

11. (75)Q: What is Perestroika? A: the policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system. Promoted by Mikhail Gorbachev, the economy allowed for some private ownership ending the strict rules of a command economy.

12. (76)Q: What is Glasnost? A: the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985. allowed for the FREE flow of ideas and information

13. (77)Q: What caused the breakup of the Soviet Union? a stagnant economy and a weakened political structure Mikhail Gorbachev's Glasnost and Perestroika policies

14. 78.What were Deng's 4 modernizations in china? Agriculture,industry, defense,and science and technology

15. 79.What was the significance of Britain's Balfour Declaration? It was issued in 1917. The declaration supported the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine.

16. 80.What were/are the main cause of the disputes between the Israelis and Palestinians? The man cause of disputes between the Israelis and Palestinians is because it was both their religious and historical home.

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